A PICTURE BARGAIN
GAINSBOROUGH FOR £l2 10s. United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received May 30, 0.10 a.m.) LONDON, May 29. It Is reported that a genuine Gainsborough was bought in the village of Saint Paul, near Nice, for £l2 10s by Mrs Gwynn-Griffiths, who is described as an. Australian writer, who was married to Mr George Baker of Chicago. The Parisian expert, M. Andrus, attributes the picture to Gainsborough. The subject is a beautiful woman without a hat. It is suggested it might be an early portrait of Lady Hamilton. The picture has beeh in the possession of a shopkeeper’s family for many years and was brought from England.
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Waikato Times, Volume 109, Issue 18342, 30 May 1931, Page 7
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109A PICTURE BARGAIN Waikato Times, Volume 109, Issue 18342, 30 May 1931, Page 7
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